Posted By AmyD. on January 18, 2006

Last Sunday we took an hour drive out up into the mountains to play in the snow. We had so much fun that we went back the next day. We had the whole side of the mountain to ourselves, thanks to my husband, who grew up there and knew the best “off the beaten path” places to go.

This made it a fairly stress-free day for Mike and I because we didn’t have to hover over Maggie as much as we would had there been other people around. In her bright pink snow attire she stuck out like fireworks on the 4th of July. This was her first trip up to the snow and by Monday she was quite the pro. She was stomping through and playing in it much like you might play in the sand at the beach. Of course, I had her bundled up so well that she didn’t feel the slightest chill, nor did she get even slightly damp. It was pretty funny.

Until…

Katie came swooping down the hill on tube without warning… Maggie had wandered into the path and Katie hit her full force. Maggie flew up in the air, did a flip (and we are not talking “Crouching Toddler, Hidden Diaper” here) and landed on her side. Kate had hit her so hard it knocked her clear out of her boots.

From the top of the hill Ethan said all he could see was a little, pink, body flying up in the air. Mike and I were running towards her and it felt like it took hours to get to her, all the while she wasn’t moving at all. When Mike got to her she just looked up at him and wimpered a little. Once we realized she was ok we all started to laugh… it was like letting out the pressure. I was reminded of “A Christmas Story” when Randy (the little brother) falls down in the snow and the narrator says, “Randy laid there like a slug, it was his only defense.”

All day long everyone had teased me for having Maggie all bundled up. They kept quoting “A Christmas Story” saying, “I can’t put my arms down!”

I think everyone saw the obvious benefit of so many layers when Maggie came through what could have been a pretty traumatic accident without so much as a scratch. We put her boot back on her and she kept going… and going… and going. In fact, not long after she gave up her usual mode of travel while hiking in the snow:

And opted for the old-fashioned do-it-yourself method:

She loved going down the hills in the tubes with everybody. Long after we were all worn out she was still trying to drag us back up the hill.

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Categories: Family Antics
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